Toronto Sugar Wharf Condominiums (Phase 1) | 231m | 70s | Menkes | a—A

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Jury is still out for me on those cow splotches...though admittedly they do work at certain angles and distances, but not with all. I think my primary beef is their monochrome use of colour makes them quite depressing to look at, even on days of sunshine and blue sky. Thusly, it really does embrace Toronto the grey. And not in the best of ways, IMO.

 

[Koops65]

 

[ProjectEnd]

Jury is still out for me on those cow splotches...though admittedly they do work at certain angles and distances, but not with all. I think my primary beef is their monochrome use of colour makes them quite depressing to look at, even on days of sunshine and blue sky. Thusly, it really does embrace Toronto the grey. And not in the best of ways, IMO.

Nah, they work fine. In a world where 70+ storey towers are background buildings, it's fine to just let things like this play a supporting part. Yeah, yeah, 'waterfront'...I'm not really concerned. If we really cared, we'd enact some concrete policy to this effect, but, as Lifetime / DiamondCorp are proving, we can absolutely put up any utter garbage and no one in power will care.

 

[Undead]

Ideally, this is what the Daniels building next door should have been; while Sugar Wharf should have been another step up.

 

[mburrrrr]

Nov 16 the north/south road - east of the towers looks ready to open. Maybe on first occupancy?

Pictures from Sat Nov 27
The benefit of a glass block building.

It looks like they could pour and top out in the next 5-10 days. The last form was just put in place this week..

From the East

From the dog park/ball diamond/school playground at The Esplanade and Sherbourne

Just north of the tracks at Sherbourne.

 

[Lovestallthings2]

Nah, they work fine. In a world where 70+ storey towers are background buildings, it's fine to just let things like this play a supporting part. Yeah, yeah, 'waterfront'...I'm not really concerned. If we really cared, we'd enact some concrete policy to this effect, but, as Lifetime / DiamondCorp are proving, we can absolutely put up any utter garbage and no one in power will care.

I think they are a uniqe edition to Torontos skyline

 

[ushahid]

i love the 2 tone diamonds on CIBC square in the last pic.

 

[jackattack]

a little late — taken last Thursday during ~the great fog~

 

[tstormers]

a little late — taken last Thursday during ~the great fog~
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"The Great Fog"

 

[The Preservationist]

Was driven by on the Gardiner Expressway this weekend. I found the sugar crystal pattern quite playful and pronounced enough to create a fairly good impression. Not overly excited about the large podium. To be fair I'll check it out at ground level once it's complete.

 

[DSC]

Was driven by on the Gardiner Expressway this weekend. I found the sugar crystal pattern quite playful and pronounced enough to create a fairly good impression. Not overly excited about the large podium. To be fair I'll check it out at ground level once it's complete.

Breath holding is not recommended - but the podium is (just about) OK while the towers do add some visual interest - I can see them clearly from my living room (and can't see the podium!)

 

[gregv]

Photo source: MLS C5841121

 

[ciceror]

what's keeping these small townhomes in the centre of the city from being torn down? looks like a good place for 2 new towers

 

[DSC]

what's keeping these small townhomes in the centre of the city from being torn down? looks like a good place for 2 new towers

Fortunately, most of them are part of Co-operatives so are NOT likely to be destroyed. Those on the right are part of David B Archer while those on the left are connected to the adjacent TCHC building. They are all part of the (award winning) St Lawrence redevelopment of the late 1970s and early 1980s that ran south of Front St to the rail berm from Lower Jarvis to Parliament.

 

[mburrrrr]

They topped out the final west/taller tower.

Lifting stuff down today

Maybe the final pour? I’m not sure what they‘re building or how they are finishing it off. Blocks or more concrete.

One of the podium hoists was remove.
Insulating the columns.

From St. James park looking south

From Market St. On Sunday

From the Green P Nov 30

7:40pm Saturday SE Tower. Working late? Occupied? With a 1,000 people moving in you’d think the real estate thread would have some more recent posts on occupancy.

Tonight

Super dog watching the sunrise.